We reached sustained trap catch in Albany county today. That means that SWD was found in the trap both last week and this week, and is presumed to be present and breeding in the planting.
The traps were set in a raspberry planting, which is currently bearing ripe fruit. Both male and female SWD were trapped in the drowning jar and sticky traps. Thank you to Natasha Field for servicing those traps!
SWD is now showing up fairly regularly in traps in many of the counties in our monitoring network. Best management strategies were covered in a post last week.